OCASIO-CORTEZ: Constitutional age restriction for president only applies to men
December 9, 2018
By Martin Walsh
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/ocasio-cortez-constitutional-age-restriction-for-president-only-applies-to-men/
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New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes the Constitutional age restriction to run for president only applies to men.
According to Politico’s Playbook, the young socialist was doing a photo shoot at Harvard University as part of an event for Politico.
While taking pictures, Ocasio-Cortez and the photographer joked about her running for president.
“You can’t even run for president for another six years,” the photographer said, noting that she had just turned 29 yearsold while apparently fawning over her.
The New York Democrat responded by claiming the U.S. Constitution only places a presidential age limit on men, not women.
“No, not for a long time. Thank God,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Although we’ve been joking that because the Equal Rights Amendment hasn’t been passed yet, the Constitution technically says he cannot run unless he’s 35,” she falsely claimed.
She also threatened to run for president if Republicans don’t pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
“So what we’ll do is we’ll force the Republican Party to pass the Equal Rights Amendment by threatening to run for president,” she continued.
“That is awesome,” the photographer replied, apparently supporting the idea of her running for president. “All the people who say a literal interpretation of the Constitution is the only thing you should be paying attention to.”
The U.S. Constitution does not say “he” cannot run, but rather “any person.”
Below is an excerpt of Article II Section I of the U.S. Constitution:
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
Ocasio-Cortez has made a habit out of threatening Republicans lately and making statements that are completely false.
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